Regulations last checked for updates: May 17, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: May 15, 2024
§ 466.15 - Pretreatment standards for new sources.

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any new source subject to this subpart which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for new sources:

Subpart A—PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
Metal preparation Coating operation Metal prepartion Coating operation
Metric units—mg/m 2 of area processed or coated
Chromium3.70.471.50.19
Lead1.00.130.90.11
Nickel12.01.516.30.79
Zinc10.21.294.20.53
English units—pounds per 1 million ft 2 of area processed or coated
Chromium0.760.100.310.04
Lead0.20.030.190.002
Nickel2.460.311.290.16
Zinc2.090.270.860.11
[47 FR 53184, Nov. 24, 1982, as amended at 50 FR 36543, Sept. 6, 1985]
authority: Secs. 301, 304 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307 and 501 of the Clean Water Act (the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977) (the “Act”); 33 U.S.C. 1311,1314,c,e, 1316 (b) andc, 1317 (b) andc,and; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217
source: 47 FR 53184, Nov. 24, 1982, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 466.15